archiveMarch 18, 2023

President Muhammadu Buhari says Nigerians now trust the All Progressives Congress (APC), and as such, the party will be victorious in the governorship and state assembly elections. He said this on Saturday after casting his vote in Daura, Katsina state, Buhari said he was not surprised by the results of...

No fewer than 65 persons were arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Saturday March 18, 2023 across the 28 states where Governorship and State Houses of Assembly elections were conducted, for alleged voter inducement. A total of 20 of the suspects were arrested by operatives from...

  The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has postponed Saturday’s Governorship and House of Assembly elections in 10 polling units in the Victoria Garden City, Lekki area in the state. INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner for Lagos State, Segun Agbaje, stated this when he addressed reporters at the VGC on Saturday....

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on election monitoring duty in Kaduna State today, March 18, 2023 came under attack at School Road, Unguwan Rimi Kaduna while attempting to arrest a suspected vote buyer. The team, working on intelligence on the alleged activities of one Kabiru Musa...

Rivers State governor Nyesom Wike has said heads will roll over alleged attempts to breach the security of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Friday, March 17. He disclosed this while addressing journalists after casting his vote at Polling Unit 7, Ward 9, Rumoprikom in the Obi-Akpor Local Government...

  VP, wife cast votes in Ogun Guber, State Assembly polls Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN and his wife, Mrs Dolapo Osinbajo have voted at the Egunrege Polling Unit 14, Ward 1 in Ikenne Local Government Area of Ogun State, expressing satisfaction with the conduct of the election. Prof. Osinbajo...

Thugs in large numbers have invaded Adejare Polling Unit in Ilasa, Oshodi/Isolo Local Government Area of Lagos State to disperse voters who were waiting for officials and ad hoc staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to begin voting for the ongoing governorship and state assembly election. According to...

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued an arrest warrant against Russian President, Vladimir Putin, accusing him of being responsible for the war crime of illegal deportation of children from Ukraine. In its first warrant for Ukraine, the ICC called yesterday for Putin’s arrest on suspicion of unlawful deportation of...

The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Saturday cast his vote in the governorship and state assembly elections, saying that the electoral process is not supposed to be violent. Sanwo-Olu voted at Eiyekole, 006 polling unit, St. Stephens Nursery and Primary School, Adeniji Adele, Lagos Island around 10:30am. The...

President Muhammadu Buhari has cast his vote at polling unit 003, Sarkin Yara A in Daura, Katsina State, with a call to electorate to vote for their preferred candidates even if politicians tried to offer them money. The president, who briefly spoke to newsmen both in English and Hausa languages...